Bhil
noun
a people inhabiting the hills of west central India.
Bhils
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pluralof Bhil.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There are some 4,000,000 Bhils scattered through the arid lands of west and central India, and they are poor, even for India.
From Time Magazine Archive
Left and right the Bhils had scattered to let John Chinn subdue his own horse.
From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Rudyard Kipling
Sir J. Malcolm supposes accordingly that the Bhils are sectarians, who separated from the Brahmanical creed, and were excommunicated.
From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky
Your revered ancestor, my boy, according to the Bhils, has a tiger of his own—a saddle-tiger that he rides round the country whenever he feels inclined.
From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Rudyard Kipling
The Bhils swore the teeth-marks were unmistakable, and not only that, but I saw another case seven years later.
From Uncanny Tales by Various
